Companionship

by Krystiana Slinky {krystiana@geocities.com} or {krystiana@hotmail.com}

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Are you actually reading this, or are you just going to skip it like most

people do? Well, if you are, then I guess you are patient and like reading

nonsense.

Anyway, Gargoyles belong to Disney/Buena Vista, all right? They aren't

mine, but I am sure you know that since you are reading this, and likes

Gargoyles. This story, however, is mine. You can't steal my idea. It's all

mine!!!!!!!!!!!!

Calm down, Krys...

Okay, now, if you are going to read this, you must read these other stories

first:

 

Music Says It All

To Live Again, Part I

To Live Again, Part II

Echoes of the Future

 

I've also written something called "Temptation," but that is a whole other

universe, which was aptly named "The Altered Universe" by a friend of mine.

However, if you like seeing Brooklyn acting evil, I strongly recommend it. :)

 

*** CAUTION: If you are an action freak, don't read this. This story really

has no plot, but will be important sooner or later.

 

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"Previously on Gargoyles..."

 

Hunter's Moon(Part III)

Xanatos: The feud is over, Detective.

 

Vows

Xanatos: What's this?

Petros X: A simple American penny. It may not be worth much now, but in a

thousand years, who knows? It's my wedding present to you, because it's all

you seem to care about.

 

* * *

 

"Mr. Xanatos, your father is on the phone."

 

Xanatos looked up at Owen, who was holding a cell phone out to him.

 

"Thank you, Owen." He took the phone and said, "Hi, pop."

 

"David, I need to see you soon."

 

"What- is something wrong?"

 

"Well, in a way."

 

"What's going on, Father?" Xanatos said, getting annoyed.

 

"In a way, it has to do with your mother." Petros Xanatos said, uncertain.

 

"What do you mean?"

 

"This is not something I can tell you over the phone, David."

 

"Why not?" Xanatos said angrily. "What are you trying to tell me?"

 

"David, just meet me at the airport in an hour." With that, Petros hung up.

 

Xanatos threw the phone across the room. Fox rushed up to her husband. She

had never seen him so angry.

 

"David, what is it?"

 

"Oh, just my father keeping things from me again." Xanatos stood up and

stalked out of the room, leaving Fox and Owen staring after him.

 

                                                            *                      *                      *

 

"Aren't you David Xanatos?"

 

Xanatos looked behind him at the man who was standing there. "Yes..." he

said uncertainly.

 

"Can I have your autograph?" Xanatos almost started laughing but stopped

himself.

 

"Flight 216 has just arrived," a voice said over the loud speaker.

 

"Sorry, my dad is here," Xanatos said, walking off.

 

Xanatos saw his father get off the airplane. He waved him down, and Petros

came over.

 

"Now, what is this all about?" Xanatos said.

 

Petros looked back at the line of people exiting the plane. He saw a

certain girl, who appeared to be sixteen.

 

"Cassie!" The girl looked over at Petros and ran over.

 

Xanatos had thoughts running through his head. "Father, what is going on?"

 

Petros looked at Xanatos, who had an enraged look on his face.

 

"David, meet Cassandra Xanatos, your sister."

 

Xanatos, for the first time in his life, was sputtering. "My-my...sister?

But how? When?"

 

Petros looked at his son. "After you left with your coin, your mother found

out she was pregnant. We tried to tell you, but you were so involved with

that coin of yours that we didn't have the chance to tell you."

 

Xanatos said, "So you gave up? And kept her a secret for who knows how long?"

 

"David, this is your own fault." Xanatos relaxed a bit.

 

"You're right. I'm sorry." He stopped for a moment and then studied Cassie,

who appeared to be studying him.

 

~She lookes like mom,~ The similarity rose an ache in his heart.

 

"Let's go home," Xanatos said, turning around.

 

                                                                        *                      *                      *

 

Cassie seemed out of place in the limo. She seemed uncomfortable and she

sat on the edge of the seat.

 

Xanatos watched her. He decided to speak up.

 

"Er, Cassie." She looked up quickly. "What do you like to do?"

 

"Well, I plan on majoring in speleology."

 

"Come again?" She laughed.

 

"Caving, Davey-Boy, caving."

 

"It's David."

 

"Whatever."

 

                                                            *                      *                      *

 

"Your sister?!"

 

Fox looked from David to Cassie.

 

"Well, I can see the resemblence." Cassie had the same dark brown hair as

David did, and the same thoughtful eyes.

 

"Well, I guess that makes you Alex's aunt," Fox said, gesturing to the baby

in her arms.

 

"Who?"

 

"My son." Cassie gave a little laugh.

 

"Oh, hooray. I gain a brother, a sister-in-law and a nephew all in one day.

Woo," she said. She turned to David. "Uhh... do you think I could...meet

the gargoyles?"

 

Fox jumped a little, and then remembered that Petros knew about the

gargoyles, too.

 

Xanatos thought a moment and said, "I don't see why not. It's almost

sunset, anyway."

 

They ran into Elisa Maza in the in the hallway. Elisa looked startled at

Cassie.

 

"Who's this?" she said, looking at Cassie.

 

"This is Cassie, my...sister." Elisa noticed Xanatos's hesitation.

 

"Ahh..." she said. "Are you taking her to meet the guys?" Xanatos nodded.

 

Elisa chuckled. "Well, you're in for a shock." She ran up the stairs, and

Cassie followed. Xanatos stayed behind.

 

"Owen?"

 

"Yes, Mr. Xanatos?"

 

"I'd like to place an order."

 

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"JEEEEEEESUS!"

 

Goliath, startled by Cassie's yell, turned around quickly.

 

"Do they do that every night?" Cassie asked Elisa.

 

"Yup."

 

"Hey, Elisa, who's your friend?" Brooklyn asked, jumping from off his perch.

 

"Uh...I'm Cassie Xanatos."

 

Goliath started. "Xanatos?"

 

Cassie nodded, almost shyly. "I'm Davey-Boy's sister."

 

Brooklyn started laughing. "Davey-Boy?" Cassie grinned.

 

"Sorry. I mean _David,"_ she said. Elisa smiled. She hadn't seen Brooklyn

laugh in weeks.

 

Cassie eyed the gargoyles. "You guys got names?"

 

Goliath glanced at Elisa, as if asking permission. Elisa gave him a strange

look.

 

"I am Goliath." The rest introduced themselves.

 

Cassie bent down and patted Bronx on the head. "And who is this?"

 

"That's Bronx," Lexington said. Cassie raised an eyebrow.

 

"Broadway, Lexington, Hudson, Brooklyn, and Bronx," Cassie said. "I'm

beginning to see a pattern here." Goliath sighed.

 

"Angela, Broadway, Hudson, you are on patrol tonight," he said. They nodded

and jumped off the building.

 

Cassie ran forward, thinking that they had fallen to their death. She saw

them gliding and shook her head. "Good God," she muttered.

 

Brooklyn stepped forward. "Your name is Cassie?"

 

"Cassandra, Cassie, Candy, it doesn't matter," she said. "I'll answer to

any of 'em." Brooklyn tried to keep from laughing.

 

"Candy?"

 

"Uh...just Cassie, please," Cassie said, annoyed. She walked back into the

castle. Brooklyn began chuckling.

 

"Davey-Boy," he muttered. He followed her, Lexington after him. Elisa and

Goliath looked at each other and smiled.

 

Brooklyn was smiling.

 

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Cassie walked into the entertainment room. She couldn't believe her eyes.

 

"My God, just how rich is my brother?" she said, examining the stereo.

 

"Very," Brooklyn said, coming in behind her. "Xanatos is..."

 

"Why do you call him Xanatos? Isn't his first name okay?" she said,

interuppting him. "I mean, I can answer to Xanatos, too."

 

Brooklyn squinted at Cassie. "That's how he introduced himself to us, so

that's what we've always called him." He stopped and grinned. "Davey-Boy

isn't much better, you know."

 

"That's different," Cassie said, turning back to the stereo.

 

"How come every time humans know they're wrong, they sat `That's

different'?" Brooklyn said. Cassie turned around.

 

"Because, Red, it is different," she said, poking him in the stomach.

Brooklyn groaned.

 

"You have a way of messing up people's names, don't you?" Cassie grinned

mischeiviously, then looked at the collection of CD's.

 

"I had to leave my CD's at home, because I was in such a hurry," she said.

She smiled widely as she found something she wanted.

 

"But at least one if them is here," Cassie said. She took the CD out  of

it's case and put it in the player. She pressed a few buttons and `Greedy

Fly' by Bush came on.

 

"Do you feel the way you hate?

Do you hate the way you feel?"

 

"This is one of my favorite songs!" she said. Brooklyn smiled.

 

Lexington walked in and saw them. ~Perfect,~ he thought. He turned to

leave. Cassie looked up.

 

"Hey, uh...Lexington!" she called. "What do you like to do?"

 

"Hmm?" Lex looked back. "I..."

 

"He likes computers," Brooklyn reluctantly filled in for him.

 

"Really? Cool!" Cassie exclaimed. "I love computers! Do you have one?"

 

Lex's expression turned into shock, then he smiled. He nodded. "Would you

like to see it?"

 

Cassie switched off the CD player. "Yup."

 

Lexington grinned.

 

* * *

 

Brooklyn watched Lex show off all his programs and his million bits or

whatever bits per second computer, but he could stand it no longer.

 

He turned around and walked out of the room. Out of the castle.

 

He thought of Demona, and Krystiana. He supposed he was destined to be with

her.

 

And what was so bad about that?

 

Aside from the fact that she had repeatedly tried to destroy the human

race, nothing.

 

Brooklyn smied. Demona had changed now. It was hard to get her out of his

mind now. He supposed he was falling in love with her.

 

But what about her?

 

What were her feelings for him?

 

He sighed and sat down on the edge of the tower.

 

* * *

 

Lexington glanced at Cassie as they logged onto the Internet. She looked a

lot like Xanatos. It was obvious they were related. She had the same shade

of brown hair that fell haphazardly around her shoulders, and the same

sharp, dark features. Her eyes had the same expression that made you wonder

what she was thinking about.

Her clothes were very different, however. She wore baggy jeans like most

human kids did today, and she wore a short sleeved shirt that said "Hit

like a girl." It had a picture of a softball and a bat hitting it. On the

back, it said "Softball is life. The rest is just details." Lexington

grinned.

 

Cassie rolled her eyes as he studied her. "Would you stop that?"

 

"Huh?" Lex said. "Sorry, I was just reading your shirt." He grinned. "You

like softball?"

 

"Yeah. Caving and softball are my two hobbies," Cassie said. "And

computers. Are you going to let it sit there?"

 

Lexington looked at the screen and saw it had been logged on for a good

three minutes. He grinned sheepishly.

 

* * *

 

Owen walked in and saw Cassie and Lex laughing at a bunch of dumb blond

jokes they had found.

 

"Miss Xanatos," Owen said. "Mr. Xanatos would like to speak with you."

 

Cassie looked up. "Call me Cassie or Candy, not Miss Xanatos."

 

Owen smiled. "Yes... Candy." Cassie said goodbye to Lex and followed Owen

out of the room.

 

"Cassie," Xanatos said. "I have a gift for you." He stood back and showed

Cassie the pile of stuff. Cassie's mouth dropped open.

 

"This is, like, the most expensive, greatest caving equipment in the

world!" she yelled.

 

"And it is all for you."

 

Cassie picked up a harness and a flashlight. "But... why?"

 

"To apologize for not knowing you existed." Xanatos stopped. "Were you

at... Mom's... funeral?"

 

"No," Cassie said, her expression darkening. "I didn't know. I went to a

boarding school that specialized in stuff that you enjoyed doing. We

weren't allowed phone calls or letters. I didn't find out she had passed

away until I got home."

 

"Oh," Xanatos said.

 

Cassie shook her head. "It's all right." She put down the harness and

turned to Xanatos. "Thank you."

 

"You're welcome."

 

"I'm not really supposed to stay here. I need to finish high school."

 

Xanatos blinked. "You like changing subjects, don't you?" Cassie grinned.

She turned to leave.

 

"I'll visit, though," she said. She smiled at her big brother. She walked

up to him and hugged him.

 

Xanatos smiled. His family had just grown again.

 

THE END

 

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Sorry about such a long break in fanfics. School started and I'm working on

a long story which is almost done. After that, I have about three stories

stocked up, so expect a big boom in fanfics coming from me.

 

Any comments? Mail me.

 

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Coming Soon!

The Gate [by me and Kristafori: The Phoenix breaks loose and rips Krissie

and her Brooklyn into my dimension. Prepare for lots of magic use. :)